I'll just give you the bottom line:

Going home last night around 2am, I was clocked going 91mph in a 65mph. There were no cars in front of or behind me, and I believe the cop was sitting on the side of the highway when I passed, and pulled behind me with his lights off until his was on my rear when he flipped them all on.

What I'm wondering is, this cop is a county cop, and while i'm not sure whether he clocked me in his county or not, I know that he did not flip his lights on until after we crossed a bridge that goes over a creek that seperates the 2 counties, at which point I hit 91mph. Is he within his jurisdiction to pull me over in another county?

I also noticed, that on my ticket, he wrote down an address that was about a mile before the point which he pulled me over, which is, of course, within his county.

If this is normal practice, please let me know. Otherwise, should I contest this?

 

im not 100% sure but i think it only matters if you cross state lines. i think you are just going to have to pay the ticket.

 

Ummm Its Hard To Say...But If He CLocked You In His County I Think Thats The Only Way He Can Pull You Over Unless You Had A Warrent Or Robbed A Bank In His County :P But I Volunteered At A Police Station For 4 Years...But I Am Still Not Totally Sure...I Can Ask Around For You...But I Am Not Totally Positive So Don't Take My Word For It...

 

91, why ask us?U need to be tqalkin to a lawyer.[:@]

 

out of his county is out of his gaoe... or general are of employment meaning he has no power, but he wrote the ticket for in his county or gaoe so hes golden in the court room.... he will simply claim ur lying about the location and unfortunatly the judge believes the police not the defendent. If you were smart you would carry a throw away camera and take pictures at every accident scenes or ticket to prove what car it was, your cars condition (all plates properly fixed or not) ticket is correctly written to the car, and location a simple photo of your car the squad car and a sign with the location on it or bridge would prove him out of his gaoe..... sry for not proof readin im tired....

 

It's possible he got me in his county, and didn't pull me over til we crossed the line.


I guess I'll just pay it, that's what I expected, I just wondered about that. Thought maybe someone here had encountered it.

 

did not understand this before previous post it goes by the location of incident and not where your pulled over..... aka if you got caught in his county your screwed even if your pulled over out of his county......

 

nah, dont pay it, my friend. talk to a lawyer first, he may be able to get you a pjc, get it dropped, or at least get it reduced. itll cost you a few hundred bucks, but youll save that in insurance. a lawyer will most likely just have you fill a waiver, and you wont even have to go to court. trust me, this is coming from a guy who has had, um, one or two speeding tickets. good luck.

 

Look on the ticket, you should have a "video used" section with 2 boxes, yes and no. Use that aginst him(if you can)since you did not take any pictures.

 

how much was the ticket, if i may ask?